When this season is over, I hope I never see Purcey ever again.

 

Oh boy, Axelrod warming

Buehrle won in KC tonight. ERA under 4. Pretty good year.

That dude has one great hit tool !

 

That's why we traded for him.

 

WOW.

More trades like that please.

Oh Avi

Go AG..............HR

White Sox making a game of it .

Stop

What happened to Hector? Just got home.

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It's funny. It's like this thread died in the 7th inning.

What happened to Hector? Just got home.

 

A patient team outwaited him.

Robin can take this loss for starting Keppinger over Gillaspie against rightie Dempster.

Is Q distancing himself as a better prospect than Hector?

Is Q distancing himself as a better prospect than Hector?

 

Neither of them are prospects. They're both legitimate AL starters.

 

But yeah, Q is better. Quintana is a #2, while Hector is more of a #3.

 

For reference: According to Fan Graphs, Quintana has been the 20th most valuable pitcher in baseball. Hector is the 67th, but that is in large part hurt due to the fact that he didn't start at the beginning of the year.

 

If he had started the entire year, Hector would likely be around where Samardzija is at at 37.

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Neither of them are prospects. They're both legitimate AL starters.

 

But yeah, Q is better. Quintana is a #2, while Hector is more of a #3.

 

For reference: According to Fan Graphs, Quintana has been the 20th most valuable pitcher in baseball. Hector is the 67th, but that is in large part hurt due to the fact that he didn't start at the beginning of the year.

 

If he had started the entire year, Hector would likely be around where Samardzija is at at 37.

 

Hector has got to learn to attack the zone more effectively if he wants to make it as a starter. Teams that are willing to work counts are just going to eat him for lunch and have him done by the 5th.

Robin can take this loss for starting Keppinger over Gillaspie against rightie Dempster.

I keep hoping Keppinger is being showcased for a trade. I guess we'll know by today.

Hector has got to learn to attack the zone more effectively if he wants to make it as a starter. Teams that are willing to work counts are just going to eat him for lunch and have him done by the 5th.

 

I agree, I have way more faith in Q than Hector right now. I know Hector's stuff is great, but it takes more than stuff to become a consistent starting pitcher.

I agree, I have way more faith in Q than Hector right now. I know Hector's stuff is great, but it takes more than stuff to become a consistent starting pitcher.

Hector's in his first year as a major league starter, Quintana is in his second.

I agree, I have way more faith in Q than Hector right now. I know Hector's stuff is great, but it takes more than stuff to become a consistent starting pitcher.

 

There is a mental approach too. Its either that or he is way to inconsistent in his delivery.

Hector's in his first year as a major league starter, Quintana is in his second.

 

I agree, and I am not giving up on Hector. Just saying that he still has a lot to learn to be a starter, not everyone figures it out.

There is a mental approach too. Its either that or he is way to inconsistent in his delivery.

An inconsistent delivery might be exactly the kind of thing a guy would wind up with if you've screwed with him bouncing him back and forth between the bullpen and the rotation for 2 years.

An inconsistent delivery might be exactly the kind of thing a guy would wind up with if you've screwed with him bouncing him back and forth between the bullpen and the rotation for 2 years.

 

Naming him closer is still one of the most puzzling personnel decisions the Sox have made in recent years.

 

 

Naming him closer is still one of the most puzzling personnel decisions the Sox have made in recent years.

But he's a swiss army knife!